The garden is cleaned and ready for tilling. This warm weather is so great. We’ve got such a jump on the season, it’s crazy! How do you feel about tilling? I know a lot of people believe in ‘no-tilling’ What are your thoughts? It works for some smaller plots but is very difficult on larger [...]
Posts Tagged ‘farm’
T-Minus 16 days till Spring
Posted in Farm, farm pictures, Farm Pictures, Garden Pictures, Gardening, Gardening, Homesteading, Organic Tomatoes, Sustainable Farming, Vegetable & Herb Gardening, tagged farm, flower bed, flowers, goats, green living, homesteading, photography, pictures of a farm, soil, soil preperation for planting, starting seeds, vegetable garden pictures on March 4, 2012 | 60 Comments »
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, Spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere on March 20, 2012, at 1:14 A.M. Let the countdown begin! If you live in the Midwest region of the U.S. (like us) you better get your seeds started inside to get a jump on summer. Now is the time to start: Broccoli, [...]
Seed Catalog Time!
Posted in Farm, farm in autumn, farm pictures, growing your own vegetables, Herb Garden, Organic Gardening, tagged farm, farm in autumn, free seed catalogs, gardening, ordering seed catalogs, seed catalogs, winter farm pics on December 2, 2011 | 7 Comments »
It’s time to order your seed catalogs for next spring! Nothing helps you get through the long winter like browsing through seed catalogs with a cup of hot chocolate, a pad & pencil and a dream of a warm early spring. I’ve created a list of some great seed catalogs and a link to their [...]
Public Speaking….what’s not to like?
Posted in Farming, Organic Gardening, tagged farm, organic gardening, public speaking on October 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I gave a presentation to the Hudson Garden Club on Thursday, October 20th about the farm, organic gardening, this blog and Project Garden Share. It was a huge success! I just want to say “Thank You” again to Sherry Beam and Mary Gallo for inviting me to come lecture. Thanks to some great marketing (see [...]
Just some fall pictures….
Posted in Farm, Farming, Organic Gardening, farm pictures, farm in autumn, tagged gardening, dusk garden pics, farm sunset, farm, farm in autumn, farm in fall, garden, thunder storm, clouds on September 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Storm clouds rolled in yesterday and it looked spectacular. The sky grew dark but the sun was shining on the other side. Made for some great pictures. Click on any image to see a larger version, so make a great screen saver. I do love fall. I will be speaking to the Hudson Garden Club [...]
Summer’s coming to an end but life in the garden continues…..
Posted in Farm, Farming, growing tomatoes, growing your own vegetables, Organic Gardening, Organic Vegetable Gardening, Pumpkin Patch, tagged autumn, corn field, dog, dusk garden pics, farm, farm in fall, garden, gardening, growing pumpkins, pumpkin patch on September 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
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Fall’s a coming….
Posted in Farm, Farming, growing your own vegetables, Pumpkin Patch, tagged corn plants, farm, farm in autumn, garden, gardening, growing pumpkins, pumpkin patch, sunset sky, tomato plants on September 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The temperature dropped 30 degrees in one day and it feels like autumn is on under way. The corn is [...]
Sunday Pictures… Lots and lots of pictures
Posted in Farm, growing tomatoes, growing your own vegetables, Organic Gardening, Organic Vegetable Gardening, Pumpkin Patch, tagged corn field, farm, garden, gardening, gardening tips, pickle recpie, tomato plants on August 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sauce Time
Posted in growing tomatoes, Organic Tomatoes, tagged canning tomatoes, farm, gardening, step by step instuctions to making tomato sauce, tomato plants on August 14, 2011 | 16 Comments »
Ready to make some tomato sauce? Click on any of the thumbnail to see a larger version of that picture. First, pick some ripe tomatoes. Have them guarded by a big dog to protect from rabbits, then wash and quarter the tomatoes. Next throw em in a pot (not [...]
